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Author: Tim Benedict
• Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

Someone sent me this pretty interesting youtubevideo yesterday, that shows how this guy built a simple magnet motor, something that we have already played with on occassion here at Evergreen Mountain Labs, without ever completely figuring it out. So with both interest and a touch of skepticism, I checked out the link they sent me. And it blew me away. Suddenly, various puzzle pieces of research I had done in the past all clicked into place for me in what I can only describe as an “Eureka Moment” that left me trembling with excitement.

But first, here’s a link to the video on YouTube. Check it out, then come back to read both my scientific explanation and then my layman’s version, of the phenomenon at work (and no, I can’t see where it breaks the laws of conservation of energy).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf1IesrHBh0&NR=1

First, the scientific explanation:

Magnetism actually is not just a static force; it has a dynamic flow element to it as well that is not well documented. You can even create magnetic circuits with it, using iron wire and a magnet, hooking up the wire between the two magnetic poles a complete circuit path. This is an area of future research for us, exploring what kind of circuts might be possible. In particular, I want to know if I can create the magnetic circut equivalent of a transistor. There’s likely some amazing stuff you could do if there is (like magneto-gravitic wormhole physics manipulation?). But I digress…

The electrical equivalent of this motor is found in the “Poynting Flow Vector” motor, something I researched several years ago indirectly with Jean Louis Naudin of France. Basically, he built a motor based on the fact that electron flow has a “wake” force that drags static charges along with it as the electron travels along a wire. It creates a circular magnetic field around the wire, true, AND a dragging “wake” force parralel to the wire called the Poynting Flow Vector. Look it up if you care to, though there’s not much public research available on it yet.

This magnetic motor is built upon the same concept in the magnetic arena, that magnetic current flows from one pole to the other, and creates a wake force as it goes, and that a circle of magnets such as the one on the butter container lid in this video promotes a continuous wake flow in a circle that reacts srongly to the outside magnetic force.

*whew!* Still clear as mud?

The simpler explanation:

If you move the north pole of a magnet perpendiularly closer to the CENTER of a longer magnet, the longer magnet will slide forward, bringing the south pole closer to the perpendicular north pole; this is pretty common knowledge. But by arranging these magnets all in a circle, the magnets continue to slide forward in a never ending loop….

But what about the law of conservation of energy and the second law of Thermodynamics?

First, we have to recognize that while our current classical view of magnetism, gravity, and the universe explains lots of things, it does NOT always explain everything. This might be one such scenario. But by some accounts, aether flow theory does a better job explaining this one than classical physics does. If magnets are indeed aether flow concentrators, in a universe where the aether is in constant flux and flows into and out of all matter on a continuous basis, then the flow of the aether into and around the magnets can be tapped into and harnassed, as simply a subset of a much larger universe where the aether flow is dynamic and never ending. So in this magnet motor case, the energy being tapped into is simply replenished by the larger aether field “sea” around us.

OR…… Framed back in more classical physics terms, magnets might directly tap into the theoretical, resonant zero point energy field of the universe by nature of the resonant and in-phase magnetic domains located within the metal of the magnet, and the work they perform in this motor is accomplished by energy drawn directly off the zero point field itself, always being replenished… (Due to this, I predict that we will see a general cooling effect of the air temperature in the direct vicinity of a functioning, high-power magnetic motor).

The important thing to remember is that the law of conservation of energy applies ONLY to closed energy systems. Magnetic systems are by their very nature (whether they be zero point energy taps or aether flow concentrators – whichever way you want to go with it), open systems, due to their link to the larger universe around them. The law of conservation of energy simply CANNOT be applied to them.

So where do we go from here, and what’s next?

First, I am ordering a parcel full of high power magnets, then building a unit that can power something more substantial than just a simple light bulb. There is serious power embedded in permanent magnets, and I suspect that we can extract serious power from them.

So stay tuned for our research into this field as it comes out! (And yes, building plans will be compiled for people to order, from Evergreen Gas Labs, once I have functional units prototyped…)

Isn’t science cool?!

Tim

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Author: Tim Benedict
• Monday, August 24th, 2009

 This weekend, we visited what is probably the second largest private off-the-grid electrical installation in the state of Idaho, a place known simply as Silver Creek Plunge.

Built around one of Idaho’s many natural hot springs, the place features a swimming pool built right over a hot spring, where the 100 degree F water comes right up through the sandy bottom of the pool. At 540 gallons per minute flow, they don’t even have to use much chlorine. We stayed in one of the adjacent Forest Service campgrounds, and spent hours soaking, fishing, hiking, etc

But what was really cool was their alternate energy installation. Without specific numbers, and just looking at their setup (the owner wasn’t even sure of specific numbers himself), we estimate that they have about a 20KW solar PV panel grid and 1 KW low head, high flow hydroelectric installation, backed up by a 45 KW propane generator. Their deep cycle battery banks take up an entire wall of the battery room and probably weighs (I’m guessing) well over 20 tons. Power conversion of the 48VDC battery banks to 110VAC is done by at least 8 2.5KW Outback Inverters all networked together, providing the place with an estimated 20KW of power available 24 hours a day, all year round.

We liked several things about this installation: multiple sources of power, a strong backup option to both provide power and recharge the battery bank on cloudy days, and their choice of high quality equipment. And it gets the job done, effectively. The owner said the installation has almost paid for itself, and he is planning to expand it even more.

The biggest thing I did NOT like about the installation was that the Solar Panel grid was located substantially over 200 ft from the battery room, so even at 48 VDC, I estimate they were losing at least 10% of their available power in line losses between the panels and the batteries. I would have found some way to locate the battery building a lot closer to the panels.

This installation was a pretty standard installation, using classical, well-developed and well-understood alternate energy technology. There was no evidence of any of the more cutting edge technologies in use (such as the ones being developed here and at FreedomFromTheGrid.com), like propane replacement hydrogen cells, fuel cells, gravity wheels, zero point energy converters, or controlled lightning initiators. Stay tuned for more info as it becomes available. Meanwhile, if you need your own more traditional alternate energy system like the one at Silver Creek Plunge, designed, set up, or installed, contact us immediately.

In the meantime, don’t be afraid to visit Silver Creek Plunge for yourself and enjoy the refreshing and therapeutic hot spring water. Sincerely, Tim Benedict

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Author: Tim Benedict
• Thursday, August 13th, 2009

Well, the past caught up with me the other day. I was poking through some of my old websites form many many years ago, and I ran across one that I had set up at one point to talk about and sell spud guns, potato cannons, and to a lesser degree, pumpkin chunkers. It was an outgrowth of a project I did with the high school physics class I was teaching at the time, and the kids had a blast with it. Even the girls in class got in on the action and built several pretty mean spud guns.

We got permission from the school principal, the parents, and the local police station (right next door to the school), and then we had fun. The kids learned alot about the physics and chemistry of combustion reactions, expanding gases, force, mass, acceleration, and a host of other things as well, and after several of them asked me to post some of my research and insider tips, I did so.

http://www.TaterCannons.net is the result of that request, now resurrected from the bit bucket, and posted once again back on the web for all those aspiring spud gunners and gunnerettes out there.

With that said, Enjoy!

Sincerely,

Tim

Evergreen Mountain Labs

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